Includes universal vote by mail, more Polling Places and protections against Election Meddling among many other things. And in a rare move, Vice President harris presided over the senate vote. Just goes to show that it is important to democrats. The bill was cosponsored by every democratic senator except joe manchin who did vote yes to at least start debate on the bill. That gave the democrats a united front but little to show for their efforts on a key priority. This vote im ashamed to say is further evidence that Voter Suppression has become part of the official platform of the republican party. The republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights and it is an endefensible position for any senator. So what now . Cnn has learned that democrats have georgia on their minds, pushing new legislation and spotlighting gop efforts at the state level to make it harder to vote after the growth of mailin voting this 2020. Mean team
Since 2016, what Public Policy issues are motivating voters this week and take a look at Political Trends that can give us clues. And we go live now to hear about u. S. Relations with china from assistant secretary of state for east asianing and pacific affairs, david stilwell. The events hosted by the Hoover Institution. Pacific affairs, david r. Stilwell, who is joining us from tokyo today and will address the theme of todays session, covert, coercive and corrupt, counterrerring Chinese Party malign influence in free societies. Following his address, he will engage in a conversation with two leading china scholars, orville shell and arianna movstro. But first, its my pleasure to introduce condoleezza rice. Im delighted to open this session of our project at hoover on chinese sharp power. And i especially want to welcome assistant secretary of state for east asian affairs, david stilwell. This project, i think, is one of the most important that were engaged in because we face an extra
The u. S. And china may Start Talking trade again. Beijing says the phase one progress review should happen soon. Alibaba offered more signs of chinas strengthening rebound. Shares jumped last quarter. The company says it is no threat to National Security. Lets take a look at our final friday session in asia. Sophie kamaruddin is half in hong kong. Green for are seeing asian futures on friday, this after the wobble we saw. We are keeping an eye on names like panasonic. We are keeping and i on a theme in japan, showing the dominance of quality stocks versus their value peers may have a bumpy road ahead. Torall, we could be looking end the week on a risk on note. Watching the terminal, we are looking to see if asia will track. Joint the slot punch joins the slump on softer chip prices. With that risk, the big jump in taiwans july export orders may be too backwards looking. Offer a more timely check. On the tech front, alibabas results showed improving Chinese Consumer sentiment. Shery he
One progress review should happen soon. More signs offers china strengthening rebound. Sales jumped by one third last quarter to 22 billion. The company insists it is no threat to u. S. National security. Lets take a look at how we are shaping up on this final friday session of the day. Lets get over to sophie he was taking a closer look. What are we watching . Vibes coming through with futures largely higher. We could see some weakness in korea following the drop that we saw for the kospi. On the docket today were looking at cpi from japan. Nikkei futures move slightly higher this morning, while the yen is trading below the 106 handle. Pulling up the chart on the terminal, we are watching to see if tech will bounce back in the region after thursdays selloff which saw the kospi with a big loss and the worst day for the regional tech index since march. Samsung took a hit on the south outlook for to prices. Prices. Outlook on chip potential hits on huawei and delayed 5g. That could hurt
Maria this as millions of americans are in need of aid which may not come until september now, at the earliest. Vice President Joe Biden calling for a nationwide mask mandate as President Trump fires back. More on that plus new fox new polls out this morning. White house brokered historic peace deal coming together in what President Trump is calling a huge breakthrough. The u. S. Has seized iranian fuel cargo at sea. Take a look at futures in the red. Dow futures indicating decline of 130 points nasdaq down 12 and s p 500 currently by 10 points after slight losses yesterday, dow, nasdaq and s p 500 on track for a winning week despite decline yesterday. Nasdaq was up 30 and s p lower by 6 points. Fortnite battle royale. People evacuated from Los Angeles County this morning more than 10,000 acres scorched in less than 24 hours. No flights to nowhere becoming a trend. We will tell you all about it. Ask maria is back this morning and time to turn the tables and ask me the questions and tim